@goldensflowers "can I identify as--" like why TF are you asking random people on the Internet what you can identify as? Get a life and a backbone, kids.
I don’t suffer from low racial self-esteem, and must admit, that I struggle with having extremely low patience and tolerance for Black folks who do. I do not come from folks who hated their Blackness or others, so I genuinely cringe when I come across folks who exert that.
Being part of a generation that was told “Wikipedia is not a source” makes it genuinely baffling to me that jobs are now telling people to just use ChatGPT for everything.
The reason why The US hasn’t apologized or given reparations for the genocide of Black Americans, is because you can’t apologize for something you’re actively doing.
it sounds dumb but it took me until 30 to internalize that people just say anything and it behooves you to ignore them and focus on what they do and how what they do makes you feel.
We use the word "karma" incorrectly and outside of it's intended original context in dharmic religions. That's why it doesn't make sense to you. No shade but you're oversimplifying, bastardizing, and appropriating the term. I agree with the sentiment tho.